Kemba pass

[Slappy]

Just like against lousiville in 2011 BE

 

[Penfield]

Great pass but the last half second sucked

 

[Dooooooomed]

ugh. team let kemba down big time.

 

[Marat]

Tacko didn't do his job well.

 

[superjohn]

Tacko didn't do his job well.

Not his fault, that was on Jaylen Brown and Grant Williams.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Tacko didn't do his job well.

What exactly is the point of guarding the inbound when there’s 0.5 seconds left?

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Not his fault, that was on Jaylen Brown and Grant Williams.

Williams wasn't even on the court

 

[Platt81]

What exactly is the point of guarding the inbound when there’s 0.5 seconds left?

Make a pass more difficult, deflect it and have time expire, attempt to get a five second call. What would you do, fall into a zone?

 

[superjohn]

Williams wasn't even on the court

Theis.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Make a pass more difficult, deflect it and have time expire, attempt to get a five second call. What would you do, fall into a zone?

No chance a guy is left wide open like OG was in that scenario so yes

 

[Hugo]

It's 4 vs 4 so play a man to man on this. Not sure the Celts were playing man to man though. No way you leave a man wide open in the corner. Not sure what Brown;'s responsibility was, but it sure looked like he blew the coverage.

 

[ucawn]

Theis didn’t know where to be and caused Jaylen to pick up Gasol. Great game to watch. Hoping my C’s can pull out the series. What a game from Kemba. Smart and Tatum could be better but I’m confident Celtics take this one

 

[Platt81]

No chance a guy is left wide open like OG was in that scenario so yes

Why is there “no chance” a guy is left open? Are you playing man or are you playing zone? There still is always a chance an assignment is missed and someone gets open. I’ll put the 7’5” guy on the 6’ inbounder any day over leaving his vision fully open.

 

[Ratso]

tatum, brown & smart need to shake off the toxic irving

c’mon man, they beat my sixers. embiid is better than any player except maybe the brow

 

[superjohn]

tatum, brown & smart need to shake off the toxic irving

c’mon man, they beat my sixers. embiid is better than any player except maybe the brow

What? You have Embiid and Anthony Davis as the two best players in the league?

 

[Ratso]

What? You have Embiid and Anthony Davis as the two best players in the league?

yes

 

[Dogdeacon]

It's 4 vs 4 so play a man to man on this. Not sure the Celts were playing man to man though. No way you leave a man wide open in the corner. Not sure what Brown;'s responsibility was, but it sure looked like he blew the coverage.

They went over it on Celtics postgame, Theis followed VanVleet I think towards corner but then handed him off to Tatum, but Theis lingered in no man's land for a second thinking he was protecting middle of floor against a lob, then only once the pass was thrown does Theis switch toward Gasol who Brown had to cover. Brown was also in the middle of Gasol's body vs hedging towards the rim and baseline, which enabled Gasol to slow Brown down just enough for OG to get the shot off. Great play call by Nurse.

 

[Mike Honcho]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I’m sad

 

[the Q]

The advance the ball rule is stupid.

It’s made for tv bs.

That is all. Carry on.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Not his fault, that was on Jaylen Brown and Grant Williams.

Agreed. that was on Brown, and you tell he knew it.

 

[Hugo]

They went over it on Celtics postgame, Theis followed VanVleet I think towards corner but then handed him off to Tatum, but Theis lingered in no man's land for a second thinking he was protecting middle of floor against a lob, then only once the pass was thrown does Theis switch toward Gasol who Brown had to cover. Brown was also in the middle of Gasol's body vs hedging towards the rim and baseline, which enabled Gasol to slow Brown down just enough for OG to get the shot off. Great play call by Nurse.

Overall a lack of communication by the Celts. The Globe said they were in a zone which I don't understand and Smart was calling for Brown to cover the corner, but somewhere this fell apart as Brown was too late. IMO a man to man would have been a better call at that point. But give Toronto credit, great pass and adjustment by Toronto.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

tatum, brown & smart need to shake off the toxic irving

c’mon man, they beat my sixers. embiid is better than any player except maybe the brow

I hope this is a joke

 

[August_West]

What exactly is the point of guarding the inbound when there’s 0.5 seconds left?

Ask Jim Calhoun if he shoudve guarded laettner on inbounds in 1990.

 

[PAHusky]

yes

I guess this take makes sense if your criteria starts with "has to be at least 7 feet tall", but with Durant still breathing even that's not really right. I don't think Embiid is barely top ten, if that, and AD is great but maybe top five at best.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Ask Jim Calhoun if he shoudve guarded laettner on inbounds in 1990.

That’s different at .5 there’s no time for a second pass

 

[Dogdeacon]

Apparently Nick Nurse's play was borrowed from an old Hubie Brown DVD!

 

[Waquoit]

Ask Jim Calhoun if he shoudve guarded laettner on inbounds in 1990.

If they guarded Laettner, Duke would have went with their 1st option - A pass down low for a dunk. Sellers couldn't jump and Burrell fouled out so they needed to hedge low to protect for that pass. So instead of a dunk they had a double-pump 18 footer with a guy running at him. He made a tough shot..

 

[Dogdeacon]

If they guarded Laettner, Duke would have went with their 1st option - A pass down low for a dunk. Sellers couldn't jump and Burrell fouled out so they needed to hedge low to protect for that pass. So instead of a dunk they had a double-pump 18 footer with a guy running at him. He made a tough shot..

True enough, but you take your chance with Alaa Abdelnaby vs arguably a top 10 ever college player that's made many a big shot

 

[August_West]

True enough, but you take your chance with Alaa Abdelnaby vs arguably a top 10 ever college player that's made many a big shot

Hate to say it. Hes minimum top 5 college player.